cm
centimeter; centimeters.
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Symbol, Chemistry.
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c/m
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abbreviation
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church missionary.
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common meter.
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corresponding member.
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court-martial.
C.M.
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abbreviation
Roman Catholic Church.
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Scientific
Example Sentences
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Like, the moms who go into the hospital and get sent home, “No, you’re 1 cm. Come back later or come back tomorrow.”
From Slate • May 5, 2015
And this gem: “A triangle has a perimeter of 90 cm. The lengths of the three sides are in the ration of 5: 12: 13. What is the length of the shortest side?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2014
The baker knows from baking hundreds of loaves of bread that the standard deviation for the height is 0.5 cm. and the distribution of heights is normal.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
The p-value, then, is the probability that a sample mean is the same or greater than 17 cm. when the population mean is, in fact, 15 cm.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
In whole-cloth bindings the cloth is, of course, cut in one piece and 1 to 1-1/2 cm. larger all round than the boards and back taken together.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
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